Events Calendar – National Jazz Museum in Harlemhttp://jazzmuseuminharlem.org
Fri, 09 Dec 2016 00:46:57 +0000en-UShourly1Closed for the Holidayshttp://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/events/closed-for-the-holidays-6/
Mon, 05 Dec 2016 21:21:13 +0000http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/?post_type=event&p=6731The National Jazz Museum in Harlem is closed for the Federal Holiday. We’ve selected this album to celebrate the holidays:
Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn recorded The Nutcracker Suite in 1960 featuring jazz interpretations of “The Nutracker” by Tchaikovsky. We’ve included a video below of Wynton Marsalis and the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra playing this album live in 2001. Make sure to join us for our next Saturday Sessions jam session featuring music straight from the Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn songbook!

Album Personnel

Duke Ellington – piano

Willie Cook, Fats Ford, Ray Nance, Clark Terry – trumpet

Lawrence Brown, Booty Wood, Britt Woodman – trombone

Juan Tizol – valve trombone

Jimmy Hamilton – clarinet, tenor saxophone

Johnny Hodges – alto saxophone

Russell Procope – alto saxophone, clarinet

Paul Gonsalves – tenor saxophone

Harry Carney – baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet

Aaron Bell – bass

Sam Woodyard – drums

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Mon, 05 Dec 2016 21:01:56 +0000http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/?post_type=event&p=6725The National Jazz Museum in Harlem is closed for New Year’s Day. We’ve selected this track to celebrate the holidays: “Baby It’s Cold Outside” was written by Frank Loesser in 1944 and recorded by Dean Martin in 1959. The song is a call and response duet recorded for the soundtrack of Neptune’s Daughter (1949).

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Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:43:36 +0000http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/?post_type=event&p=6722The National Jazz Museum in Harlem is closed for New Year’s Eve. We’ve selected this track to celebrate the holidays: Prince’s breakthrough album 1999 was released in 1982. A blend of synth, funk, and art pop, Prince’s fifth studio album includes dance tracks such as “Little Red Corvette,” “Delirious,” and “Let’s Pretend We’re Married.” The title track is in protest of nuclear proliferation, “1999” is an apocalyptic, upbeat dance anthem. RIP Prince (1958-2016)

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Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:25:13 +0000http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/?post_type=event&p=6718The National Jazz Museum in Harlem is closed for the Federal Holiday. We’ve selected this track to celebrate the holidays: “What are you doing New Year’s Eve?” by Ella Fitzgerald. This song was written by Frank Loesser in 1946 and recorded by Ella Fitzgerald with a killer brass section in 1960.

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Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:21:12 +0000http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/?post_type=event&p=6714The National Jazz Museum in Harlem is closed for Christmas Day. We’ve selected this track to celebrate the holidays: “Zat You Santa Claus?” was recorded by Louis Armstrong and The Commanders in New York City on Decca Records in 1953.

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Mon, 05 Dec 2016 20:18:22 +0000http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/?post_type=event&p=6710The National Jazz Museum in Harlem is closed for Christmas Eve. We’ve selected this track to celebrate the holidays: Wynton Marsalis’s Crescent City Christmas Card was released in 1990 with fresh arrangements and memorable turns on “Silent Night” by opera diva Kathleen Battle, and on “Sleigh Ride” by Jon Hendricks. Enjoy this throwback music video straight from 1989 where Wynton Marsalis reads “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas” to a group of children and a plays “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” written in 1945 and has been performed by Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and many other jazz greats.

Our yoga class will be led by certified Yoga Instructor and jazz enthusiast Courtney Liddell.

RSVP Required. First come, first practice!
$10 Suggested Donation

About Your Teacher:

Courtney Liddell was first exposed to yoga through a family friend and yoga instructor at the age of six. Several years later she began to establish a regular practice when friends from a boot camp class coerced her into attending her first vinyasa flow class. Courtney went on to complete her 200 hour training at Sonic Yoga in 2013 and has also completed a chair yoga training with Sunlight Yoga.

A continuous student, Courtney seeks to share her yoga practice through an energetic flow, the exploration of sound healing and the belief that yoga is accessible for every mind and body. Her teaching experience includes, the Harlem YMCA, Asali Yoga and Family Yoga at the Bronx Settlement Community Center.

FAQs

How much does class cost?

$10 Suggested Donation.

Is there an age requirement?

Yes. In order to participate in class you must be 18 or older. If you are under 18, a legal guardian must sign a liability release form before class begins.

There is one large ground floor with two bathrooms. While the National Jazz Museum in Harlem has coat hooks and space to leave shoes, we are not responsible for any lost, stolen, or damaged items.

What time does class start?

Class will promptly begin 4:00pm. Our policy is first come, first practice. We ask that you please give yourself enough time to sign your liability release form, change, set up your mat, stretch, and settle in.

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Fri, 21 Oct 2016 18:10:01 +0000http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/?post_type=event&p=6103Calling jazz musicians of all ages! The National Jazz Museum in Harlem invites you to join us Saturday, December 3rd for Saturday Sessions. Presented in partnership with The Jazz Foundation of America Gig Fund, The National Jazz Museum in Harlem is proud to present monthly jam sessions led by the David Durrah Quartet featuring music exclusively from the Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn songbook.

Grab your instrument, bring a chart, and build your chops with a community of budding contemporary musicians and living legends a we give homage to Harlem’s jazz giants. Don’t play an instrument? Don’t fret. Saturday Sessions are a space for jazz musicians and fans alike. Grab a latté, a seat, and soak up an afternoon dedicated to vibrant live music scene here in Harlem. Let’s jam!

$10.00 Suggested Donation

Series DescriptionSaturday Sessions

Get into the swing of things. In keeping with Harlem’s tradition of artist salons and after-hours performances, Saturday Sessions are designed as an informal creative space for musicians to connect with mentors and jam together. Join us every first Saturday of the month at The National Jazz Museum in Harlem as we play modern takes on the timeless music of Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn. Proudly supported by The Jazz Foundation of America Gig Fund, from performance opportunities to emergency living expenses to medical care to housing, the Jazz Foundation offers a variety of programs and assistance for jazz and blues musicians in need.

The Ellington/Strayhorn Session is presented in partnership with the Jazz Foundation of America’s Gig Fund program, with support from New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts.

THE PEDRITO MARTINEZ GROUP:

ARTIST BIO:

Pedro Pablo “Pedrito” Martinez was born in Havana, Cuba, Sept 12, 1973. He began his musical career at the age of 11, performing as vocalist and percussionist with such Cuban legends as Tata Guines and Yoruba Andabo. Since settling in New York City in the fall of 1998, Pedrito has recorded and/or performed with Wynton Marsalis, Paul Simon, Eddie Palmieri, Paquito D’Rivera, Chucho Valdez, Bruce Springsteen, James Tyalor, Issac Delgado, and Sting and has contributed to well over 100 albums.

A consummate master of Afro-Cuban folkloric music, he doesn’t just play the obligatory handful of standard batá rhythms—he plays the monumentally complex “Oru seco” exquisitely on each drum or on all three at once. He is also the world’s first-call rumbero—playing, singing, and dancing with dozens of groups on over 100 recordings and contributing to or appearing in several important films, including Calle 54 (2000) and Chico and Rita (2010). Equally at home in popular music, Pedrito’s perfectly intoned tenor voice seamlessly combines popular and folkloric influences. His infectious energy, humor, charisma, and dance moves make him a formidable front man and percussionist.

Mr. Martínez was a founding member of the highly successful, Afro-Cuban/Afro-Beat band, Yerba Buena, with which he recorded two albums and toured the world. Pedrito’s career as a leader, began in 2005 with the formation in NYC of the The Pedrito Martinez Group with fans that include Eric Clapton, Derek Trucks, Steve Gadd, Wynton Marsalis, Taj Mahal and Quincy Jones.

Honors that Pedrito has received include the first place Thelonious Monk Award for Afro-Latin Hand Percussion (2000); The Sphinx Medal of Excellence (2014); The Jazz Journalists Association “Percussionist of the Year” (2014 and 2015); Modern Drummer Readers Poll’s #1 “Percussionist of the Year” (2014), and Downbeat magazine’s one of the “80 Coolest Things in Jazz Today” (2014). The Pedrito Martinez Group’s, Grammy-nominated, self-titled, first studio album, was released October, 2013 and features special guests, Wynton Marsalis, John Scofield and Steve Gadd. The album was chosen among NPR’s Favorite Albums of 2013, NPR’s First Listen and The Boston Globe Critics Top Ten Albums of 2013.”

Tracks for a new album, to be titled “Habana Dreams”, were recorded in Cuba in October 2015 and will be released in the spring of 2016, on Motema Music. Guests include, Isaac Delgado, Ruben Blades, Wynton Marsalis, Descemer Bueno, Roman Diaz, Angelique Kidjo, and Telmary Diaz.

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Wed, 31 Aug 2016 18:00:10 +0000http://jazzmuseuminharlem.org/?post_type=event&p=5210A previously unpublished photo of Louis Armstrong and Miles Davis is the centerpiece of a gallery of musicians who spoke to their generations about the great legacy of African-American genius. Jazz is our focus, but we also welcome other creative giants whose music intersects with it. Join us for a session exploring James Brown, Prince, Kendrick Lamar and other musical mavericks.

Vibrations, the Museum’s celebrated current exhibit, explores the sounds that originated in Harlem a century ago and traces them to 2016. This series examines four of the signature elements that tell the story. A combination of music, film, expert commentary and audience interaction make this something unique to the National Jazz Museum in Harlem, and our passionately curious audience.See the full series schedule here.